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Dissertation Information for Judith Lin Hunt

NAME:
- Judith Lin Hunt

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Columbia University (USA) (1993)

ADVISORS:
- Redmond Kathleen Molz

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Ambiguous

Title: Libraries of the new universities in England: A study of public policy

Abstract: The libraries of the new universities in the United Kingdom were established in the 1960s during a time of unprecedented expansion in and increased funding for higher education. There were new approaches and adaptations, including the design of buildings with open access, the centralization of collections, and the introduction of the concept of subject specialist librarians. The funding constraint that quickly followed, however, did not allow for the development experienced by libraries of the older universities.

University libraries receive funding through their institutions which receive funding from the Universities Funding Council, formerly the University Grants Committee, an advisory body to the Department of Education and Science that has responsibility for policies and funding for post-secondary education. The Council makes recommendations to the Department concerning university development and the allocation of public funds to universities. The Council's role has evolved from offering comments and suggestions to the universities, to issuing formal notes of guidance, to requiring measures of performance and fiscal accountability.

In the light of fiscal constraints and change in the Council's policy, universities and their libraries have had to examine their funding needs and sources, allocation of resources, organizational structures and operations, and their relationship with advisory and governmental bodies and professional organizations.

This study examines the relationship among university libraries, advisory and governmental bodies, and professional organizations. It identifies those bodies and organizations that have issued reports and promulgated and implemented policies, formal and de facto, regarding university libraries and analyzes their influence on each other and on the libraries, with particular emphasis on the libraries of the new universities.

The Universities Funding Council is the government advisory body; the Library Association, the Standing Conference of National and University Libraries, and the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals are the primary professional organizations being examined.

Of the eight new universities in England, the libraries of four are selected for concentrated examination: University of Essex, University of Sussex, University of Warwick, and University of Kent at Canterbury.

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ADVISEES:
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COMMITTEESHIPS:
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